OROVERDE by MOHAMMED SOUDANI with Fausto Sciarappa, Giorgia Würth, Carlos Leal, Leonardo Nigro, Ignazio Oliva, Diego Gaffuri, Simona Bernasconi, Gaia Parisi
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OROVERDE by MOHAMMED SOUDANI with Fausto Sciarappa, Giorgia Würth, Carlos Leal, Leonardo Nigro, Ignazio Oliva, Diego Gaffuri, Simona Bernasconi, Gaia Parisi an Amka Films Productions in co-production with RSI Radiotelevisione svizzera www.oroverde-ilfilm.ch www.amka.ch Distributed in Switzerland by Praesens Film Zurich FILMS PRODUCTIONS SA Press: Tina Boillat, 091 950 01 08 079 423 78 44 [email protected] Online: Amel Soudani, 079 314 34 21 [email protected] PRESSBOOK SYNOPSIS Liberally inspired by a true story that took place in Mario is an unemployed engineer, a victim of the eco- the Tessin at the beginning of the 2000’s nomic crisis. Discouraged by the employment offerings, that do not correspond at all with his experience and capabilities, and demoralized by the innumerous financial obliga- tions accumulated in precedence, he decides to orga- nize the robbery of the century. The police had just stored in a military facility the largest quantity of cannabis ever seized in Switzerland, and it would be burned shortly. Mario decides to put together a gang to ‘substitute’ the cannabis with common hay without anybody being the wiser: in short, the physical evidence disappears, the crime also disappears... Mario searches among those he knows for the possible and trustworthy members of the gang: Ivan, Augusto, Leo, Monica, ‘The Professor’, each of them more impro- bable and desperate than the other, they accept Ma- rio’s plan, all of them convinced to have in their hands the “oro verde” (green gold) that will change definitively their lives. Instead ... DIRECTOR’S NOTES Two reasons mainly pushed me to make this film. On I realize that I’m at a turning point in my career. I’ve one hand the story of a huge quantity of drugs seized had various experiences as a director from documenta- at the border between Italy and Switzerland was for ries and films of fiction that permitted me to present the me a sign of a malaise and an imposing crisis, also of fantastic, but also the real world, and that helped me values, that does not exclude our country. On the other to understand how urgent and relevant it is to confront hand, I wanted to take the opportunity to speak about the problems of today’s world. A comedy is perhaps the the relationship between the individual and a world best way to tell about the experiences of the characters ever more empty and unbalanced in its social relations. involved in this story. So I said to my self: let’s try come- I saw an occasion to illustrate this crisis that is not an dy! A kaleidoscope of characters then took form before abstract idea, but a reality even in a society like that in me and became Mario, Augusto, Clara, Ivan, Leo, the Switzerland, a model and reference point for the whole Professor and Monica ... world... What would happen if one day I found myself A last note regarding the music: It’s sometime that I in the same initial situation as that of the characters? wanted to work with Maria Bonzanigo who creates What would happen if I no longer had a job? What the music for all of the productions of the Finzi Pasca would I do? I began with these questions in trying to Company. We proposed it to her, she accepted and in imagine how to make this film. less time than I could imagine, the music I wanted was there, to accompany all of my characters... MOHAMMED SOUDANI CAST CREW Fausto Sciarappa Mario Director Mohammed Soudani Giorgia Würth Clara Carlos Leal Augusto Based on an idea by Enzo Pelli Leonardo Nigro Ivan Subject Enzo Pelli, Ignazio Oliva Leo Mohammed Soudani Diego Gaffuri “The Professor” Screenplay Walter Pozzi, Simona Bernasconi Monica Davide Pinardi, Gaia Parisi Scilla Lara Fremder Roberta Fossile Ketty First Assistant Director Giorgio Garini David Frizzo Luca 1 2nd Assistant Director Mladenka Radic Yari Copt Luca 2 Script girl Francesca Vegezzi Giuseppe Stanga The farmer Cinematographer Pietro Zürcher Vito Gravante First security guard Cameraman Fabrizio Dörig Massimiliano Zampetti Second security guard Assistant Cameramen Cécile Plais, Esther Mattei Enzo Scanzi Dancing policeman D.I.T. Nicolò Tettamanti Federico Caprara Bailiff B-cam Operator Richard Mallaby Alessandro Otupacca Manager at call center Head Electrician Salvatore Piazzitta Stefano Barcella Employee interim agency Gaffer Andrea De Stouz Davide Gagliardi Employee Funeral parlor Best boy Bruno Keller Luca Campanile Michele Best boy (stage) Aron Anselmi Marco Cassiano Policeman (interview) Head Grip Didier Lebel Julie Arlin Journalist Grip Nik Delley Still Photographer Gianpaolo Gianini, Aliosha Merker Making of Gianluca Simone Sound Engineer Christophe Giovannoni Perchman Sandro Hess Production Designer Fabrizio Nicora Prop buyer Paola Genni Propman Nicola Foletti Production Designer Assistant (stage) Daniele Crimella Costume Director Kay Devanthey Assistant to Costume Director Laura Pennisi Make-Up Artist Assunta Ranieri Assistant to Make-Up Artist Sara Lombardi Music Maria Bonzanigo Music Recording Mauro Fiero Assistant to musical production Giuseppe Senfett Editing Jacopo Quadri Editing Assistant Nicolò Tettamanti Sound Dubbing and Mix Daniela Bassani, Marzia Cordò, Stefano Grosso, Giancarlo Rutigliano Colorist Jürgen Kupka Titles Yan Hirschbühl Promotion Amel Soudani, Mathias Noschis Redazione RSI Walter Bortolotti Press Office Tina Boillat Production Manager Michela Pini Production Co-Ordinator Nicola Bernasconi Production Assistant Manuela Bieri Production Secretary Lisa Fano General Organizer Gianluca Barbieri Set Organizer Massimo Ubaldi Organizer Assistant Marco Gil Driver David Cino Producer Tiziana Soudani Co-Producer Gabriella De Gara FAUSTO MARIA SCIARAPPA is MARIO otherwise known as “the engineer” his motto: God helps those who help themselves But how did Mario fall so low? From an engineer with He then plays Umberto in “Figli delle Stelle” and the a degree and a manager of a computer company to following year in “Il Gioiellino” with Toni Servillo and an employee in a call center, all day long trying to sell “Sulla strada di casa”. Recently, he played in “Oro ver- silicone breast implants to elderly women… and in ad- de” and in the new film by Carlo Verdone, “Sotto una dition keeping it from his wife! To regain a bit of dignity, buona stella”, to be released in 2014. For television he engineers an ingenious plan that cannot fail. And for he plays in “Romanzo criminale”, “Fuori classe” with this he needs a first class team… Luciana Litizzetto, “Amanda Knox” and in the succes- sful series by Ivan Cotroneo “Una mamma imperfetta” Fausto Maria Sciarappa was born in 1966 in Vero- where he plays the role of the husband of the main na, Italy. After his studies at the Birmingham School of protagonist Chiara. Acting, he has his first role in the Jacques Rivette’s film “Va savoir” in 2001. Back in Italy, he plays in “La me- glio gioventù” by Marco Tullio Giordana in 2003, in “I giorni dell’abbandono” by Roberto Faenza in 2005 and in “La ragazza del lago” of 2007. He also has a role in the blockbuster by Ron Howard “The Da Vinci Code”, with Tom Hanks and Audrey Tautou. He then is in “Scusa ma ti chiamo amore” (2008), “Un giorno perfetto” with Stefania Sandrelli and “L’uomo che ama” with Piefrancesco Favino and Monica Bellucci. GIORGIA WÜRTH is CLARA or rather, the pain in the neck wife her motto: never trust your husband For some time her husband is no longer himself. Clara Meanwhile she writes books and songs, she keeps a wants a child at all costs and is willing to do anything blog and in 2010 she publishes by Fazi Editore her first to have one, even to take in a foster child. Mario has novel, “Tutta da Rifare”, for which she wins the Afrodite been fired? She’ll maintain the family. But lately Ma- Award and the Falerno Award. Lately she played in rio has been acting really strange; he even started to “Com’è bello far l’amore”, by F. Brizzi, “Una notte agli smoke again. And so, Clara decides to follow him. Studios 3D” by C. Insegno, “The President’s Staff” by And in doing so she will discover a side of her husband M. Morini and in “Oro Verde” by Mohamed Soudani. that she certainly did not know. Giorgia Würth was born in Genova, Italy, from Italian mother and Swiss father. After graduating in Communi- cation, she plays in films like “Tagliare le Parti in Grigio” by Vittorio Rifranti (Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival), “Sinestesia” by Erik Bernasconi (for which she is nominated as best main actress at the Swiss Quartz), “Oggetti smarriti” by Giorgio Molteni, but also Italian blockbusters like “Ex” (for which she wins the Nastro d’Argento in 2009) and “Maschi contro Femmine” by Fausto Brizzi. She also takes part in well-known Italian tv series such as “Un Medico in Famiglia”, “Moana” and “Le tre rose di Eva”. CARLOS LEAL is AUGUSTO also known as “the bumbler” his motto: “I didn’t do it on purpose” If a table turns over, a bicycle slips and crashes in the In 2007 he is in the Spanish series R.I.S. Cientifica spa- street, a pizza falls on the floor, glassware is broken, gnola. In 2009 he plays the main role in Michael Stei- you can be sure that Augusto must be nearby. Clumsy, ner’s “Sennentuntschi” and in “Carré Blanc” by Donato clueless, inept and naive, Augusto is however also, for Rotunno. In 2009 he works in the series “Boulevard du those who know how to appreciate him, a great poet. Palais” and in “Dein Weg” by Emilio Estevez. In Swit- Mario understands this and, thanks to Augusto, his plan zerland he is the testimonial of the provider for internet will take on a decisive change.